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Despite his efforts, the individual departmentsstill retain the bulk of control in senior facultyappointments, since each department conducts itsown initial search and voting before sending itsrecommendation to the dean, Spence said...
...during their stay in Fremantle. Mason, who compares coverage of the contest to "four months of living inside a washing machine and spin dryer," has hung out his cameras to dry after each day's work. Forster has 15 years of experience as a marine photographer, which helped him retain his composure when he and Mason were taking photos of Conner's Stars & Stripes last week and their motorboat began to sink. They quickly radioed for help...
...even while the international purchasing power of the dollar has declined since the Plaza Accord, the price of imported goods in the U.S. has often failed to rise by an equivalent amount (see chart). The explanation: foreign exporters have been willing to cut their profit margins in order to retain their share of the U.S. market...
...brief -- and startling. Hu Yaobang, the man widely expected to succeed Deng Xiaoping, 82, at China's helm, had resigned. Moreover, he had quit as Communist Party chief "after making a self-criticism of his mistakes on major issues." Hu would remain a member of the Politburo and retain his post on the powerful Standing Committee, but his party post would pass to Premier Zhao Ziyang...
...plan is approved by the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences, he said, a 13-member student-faculty committee will be created to handle cases "with no clear precedent." The Administrative Board, the main College disciplinary body, will retain jurisdiction over the bulk of disciplinary matters...